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Subject: Re: liquor licenses
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:35:34 EST

Since there have been a few folk interested in beergardening, I thought I
would share this piece from the Sunday Independent for Feb.16, 1912.

"Larksville borough will be up to the front in the coming session of license
court. While the majority of new applications have not been attacked real
reformers seem to be at work in the new borough. Two of the old places are
attacked by remonstrances and violation of the law is the ground on which it
is made. In the case of Joseph Bialek, 115 State Street, it is claimed that
law has been violated this past year. Full details are not given but is it
stated that liquor has been sold on Sunday and election days. Those behind
the remonstrance claim they have a solid case and fully expect the license to
be revoked."


and this from the Sunday Independent for August 12, 1920

"Loopholes and bungholes"
"...there are loopholes in the Volstead Act and some citizens have apparently
cornered a great deal of whisky during this past war's prohibition. It is
generally said that Luzerne county is the wettest spot in the nation. Most of
the liquor taken out of bond and distribution from this section is
transported, sold and delivered under the terms of the Volstead Act.
However,a permit needs to be issued for each and every step. A permit for
removal of bond, a permit for transportation to the warehouse, a permit for
sale or manufacture and a permit for the right of the vehicle to remove it to
a new location."

Maureen

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